Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-381.2
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in the Oklahoma Savings and Loan Code:
1. "Act" or "this act" means the Oklahoma Savings and Loan
Code;
2. "Association" means a savings and loan association or
savings bank, including any association previously referred to as a
building and loan association, incorporated and now existing under
the laws of this state or hereafter incorporated under this act or
which is otherwise authorized to transact savings and loan
association or savings bank business under this act;
3. "Branch" means any place of business separated from the main
office of an association at which deposits are received, checks
paid, or money lent;
4. "Capital accounts" means permanent capital stock, undivided
profits, surplus or reserves;
5. "Certificate of Authority" means a certificate issued by the
Commissioner authorizing an association to transact association
business;
6. "Commissioner" means the State Banking Commissioner, or the
State Deputy Banking Commissioner when acting on behalf of the
Commissioner pursuant to subsections C or E of Section 201 of Title
6 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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7. "Consumer banking electronic facility" means any electronic
device owned, operated, leased by or on behalf of a bank, savings
association, or credit union other than a telephone or modem
operated by a customer of a depository institution, to which a
person may initiate an electronic fund transfer. The term includes,
without limitations, a point-of-sale terminal, automatic teller
machine, automated loan machines, video banking centers, or any
other similar electronic devices;
8. "Department" means the Oklahoma State Banking Department;
9. "Deposit account" means any form of deposit, share or other
account maintained by a depositor at an association, including
demand deposit accounts, whether evidenced by a passbook,
certificate, or otherwise, and which does not represent permanent
capital stock;
10. "Deposit association" means an association which is
qualified to accept deposit accounts or which becomes so qualified
pursuant to this act;
11. "Earnings" means the money payable or to be credited to
holders of deposit accounts by an association as payment for the use
of the funds which constitute such accounts. Earnings on deposit
accounts in a deposit association may be designated as interest, and
earnings on other deposit accounts may be designated as dividends;
12. "Existing mutual association" means a mutual association
which was authorized to do business in Oklahoma on the effective
date of this act;
13. "Federal association" means a savings and loan association
or savings bank organized and existing under the laws of the United
States;
14. "Foreign association" means any firm, company, association,
partnership or corporation, by whatever name called, actually
engaged in the savings association business, which is not organized
under the laws of this state or of the United States;
15. "Insured association" means an association the deposit
accounts of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation to the extent provided by federal law;
16. "Main office" means the office location which has been
designated by the Commissioner or the Office of Thrift Supervision
as the main office of an association;
17. "Member" means the holder of a deposit account of a mutual
association, and also includes the owner of real estate upon which
the mutual association holds a mortgage or deed of trust;
18. "Mutual association" means an association which derives its
principal capital from the deposit accounts of its members and whose
members have the right to participate in the management of the
association. The term includes any association organized or
existing under prior laws of this state. A mutual association is
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not a deposit association unless and until it becomes qualified as
such;
derives its
principal capital from the deposit accounts of its members and whose
members have the right to participate in the management of the
association. The term includes any association organized or
existing under prior laws of this state. A mutual association is
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not a deposit association unless and until it becomes qualified as
such;
19. "Net worth" of a stock association shall mean the aggregate
of the permanent capital stock account, paid-in surplus, earned
surplus, legal and federal insurance reserves and undivided profits;
20. "Permanent capital stock" means that part of the capital or
liabilities of an association representing ownership of the
association and which is not subject to being withdrawn or the value
paid to the holder thereof unless and until all other liabilities of
the association have been fully liquidated and paid;
21. "Shares" or "share accounts" means any deposit account
issued by a mutual association in the form of installment shares,
optional installment shares, full paid shares, prepaid shares,
savings shares, or other shares by whatever name called, evidenced
by passbook, certificate, or other evidence or holding;
22. "Stock association" means an association which issues
permanent capital stock and which limits the right to participate in
the management of the association to the holders of such permanent
capital stock. Stock associations are also deposit associations;
23. "Stockholder" means the holder of permanent capital stock;
24. "Withdrawable account" means a deposit account of an
association which does not represent permanent capital stock; and
25. "Withdrawal value" means the amount paid to an association
on a deposit account plus earnings credited thereto, less lawful
deductions therefrom.
1. "Act" or "this act" means the Oklahoma Savings and Loan
Code;
2. "Association" means a savings and loan association or
savings bank, including any association previously referred to as a
building and loan association, incorporated and now existing under
the laws of this state or hereafter incorporated under this act or
which is otherwise authorized to transact savings and loan
association or savings bank business under this act;
3. "Branch" means any place of business separated from the main
office of an association at which deposits are received, checks
paid, or money lent;
4. "Capital accounts" means permanent capital stock, undivided
profits, surplus or reserves;
5. "Certificate of Authority" means a certificate issued by the
Commissioner authorizing an association to transact association
business;
6. "Commissioner" means the State Banking Commissioner, or the
State Deputy Banking Commissioner when acting on behalf of the
Commissioner pursuant to subsections C or E of Section 201 of Title
6 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 19
7. "Consumer banking electronic facility" means any electronic
device owned, operated, leased by or on behalf of a bank, savings
association, or credit union other than a telephone or modem
operated by a customer of a depository institution, to which a
person may initiate an electronic fund transfer. The term includes,
without limitations, a point-of-sale terminal, automatic teller
machine, automated loan machines, video banking centers, or any
other similar electronic devices;
8. "Department" means the Oklahoma State Banking Department;
9. "Deposit account" means any form of deposit, share or other
account maintained by a depositor at an association, including
demand deposit accounts, whether evidenced by a passbook,
certificate, or otherwise, and which does not represent permanent
capital stock;
10. "Deposit association" means an association which is
qualified to accept deposit accounts or which becomes so qualified
pursuant to this act;
11. "Earnings" means the money payable or to be credited to
holders of deposit accounts by an association as payment for the use
of the funds which constitute such accounts. Earnings on deposit
accounts in a deposit association may be designated as interest, and
earnings on other deposit accounts may be designated as dividends;
12. "Existing mutual association" means a mutual association
which was authorized to do business in Oklahoma on the effective
date of this act;
13. "Federal association" means a savings and loan association
or savings bank organized and existing under the laws of the United
States;
14. "Foreign association" means any firm, company, association,
partnership or corporation, by whatever name called, actually
engaged in the savings association business, which is not organized
under the laws of this state or of the United States;
15. "Insured association" means an association the deposit
accounts of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation to the extent provided by federal law;
16. "Main office" means the office location which has been
designated by the Commissioner or the Office of Thrift Supervision
as the main office of an association;
17. "Member" means the holder of a deposit account of a mutual
association, and also includes the owner of real estate upon which
the mutual association holds a mortgage or deed of trust;
18. "Mutual association" means an association which derives its
principal capital from the deposit accounts of its members and whose
members have the right to participate in the management of the
association. The term includes any association organized or
existing under prior laws of this state. A mutual association is
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not a deposit association unless and until it becomes qualified as
such;
derives its
principal capital from the deposit accounts of its members and whose
members have the right to participate in the management of the
association. The term includes any association organized or
existing under prior laws of this state. A mutual association is
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 20
not a deposit association unless and until it becomes qualified as
such;
19. "Net worth" of a stock association shall mean the aggregate
of the permanent capital stock account, paid-in surplus, earned
surplus, legal and federal insurance reserves and undivided profits;
20. "Permanent capital stock" means that part of the capital or
liabilities of an association representing ownership of the
association and which is not subject to being withdrawn or the value
paid to the holder thereof unless and until all other liabilities of
the association have been fully liquidated and paid;
21. "Shares" or "share accounts" means any deposit account
issued by a mutual association in the form of installment shares,
optional installment shares, full paid shares, prepaid shares,
savings shares, or other shares by whatever name called, evidenced
by passbook, certificate, or other evidence or holding;
22. "Stock association" means an association which issues
permanent capital stock and which limits the right to participate in
the management of the association to the holders of such permanent
capital stock. Stock associations are also deposit associations;
23. "Stockholder" means the holder of permanent capital stock;
24. "Withdrawable account" means a deposit account of an
association which does not represent permanent capital stock; and
25. "Withdrawal value" means the amount paid to an association
on a deposit account plus earnings credited thereto, less lawful
deductions therefrom.
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